[RBW] Re: 70 mile ride today

2013-09-14 Thread DianeB
Nice pictures, Michael! Good luck on the Century. I bet you'll do just fine; you're doing the prep rides and you really enjoy your bike. Let us know how it goes. On Friday, September 13, 2013 10:24:54 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: So, for my first century training over the last 2 months, I have

[RBW] Re: 70 mile ride today

2013-09-14 Thread Deacon Patrick
As one who always rides in the country, and at most through small mountain towns, I love the contrast of the secluded path and the high tech rail. Enjoy your century when it comes round. May you ride it with the wide-eyed enthusiasm of a kid seeing everything for the first time! With abandon,

[RBW] Re: 70 mile ride today

2013-09-14 Thread BSWP
I worked up to 70-mile days this spring, and found it pretty fun once my ass got used to the extended saddle time. A key thing was feeling, for the last 25 or so miles, that I could still go another five miles... and after those five miles, well, I could again answer affirmatively. So it went ,